Re: games spin

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
>>
>> Do we want to put autodownloader using games on the
spin? Sofar I 
>> deliberately didn't put any on there.
> 
> Is there any reason not to? I can see some reasons why
but I would like 
> to hear your thoughts on that. One reason why I think
we should do that 
> is because it is useful to demo some of the nice games
in Linux. As far 
> as licensing is concerned, IMO gaming content
restrictions can be a bit 
> more than gaming engines due to the artistic values in
the former though 
> I definitely prefer less restrictions.
> 
> In most conferences these days, they have bandwidth
that pulling in game 
> content just before the demo is not a problem and doing
such a demo for 
> a upcoming local FOSS conference is of one my main
motivations behind 
> working on this. Btw, I haven't include the regular
GNOME games packages 
> in the kickstart file. Do we want to do that?
> 

Erm,

I just think it looks silly to ask people to download some
75 Mb's (to RAM!) 
after they have just downloaded 3 Gb worth of DVD.

What do the others think? Wart? Chris(topher) ?

Regards,

Hans

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Hans de Goede wrote:

> Erm,
> 
> I just think it looks silly to ask people to download
some 75 Mb's (to 
> RAM!) after they have just downloaded 3 Gb worth of
DVD.
> 
> What do the others think? Wart? Chris(topher) ?

It won't necessarily be in RAM. I could be installing them
to a hard 
disk from the Live DVD and demo'ing that.

Rahul

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Hans de Goede wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Hans de Goede wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Do we want to put autodownloader using games on
the spin? Sofar I 
>>> deliberately didn't put any on there.
>>
>> Is there any reason not to? I can see some reasons
why but I would 
>> like to hear your thoughts on that. One reason why
I think we should 
>> do that is because it is useful to demo some of the
nice games in 
>> Linux. As far as licensing is concerned, IMO gaming
content 
>> restrictions can be a bit more than gaming engines
due to the artistic 
>> values in the former though I definitely prefer
less restrictions.
>>
>> In most conferences these days, they have bandwidth
that pulling in 
>> game content just before the demo is not a problem
and doing such a 
>> demo for a upcoming local FOSS conference is of one
my main 
>> motivations behind working on this. Btw, I haven't
include the regular 
>> GNOME games packages in the kickstart file. Do we
want to do that?
>>
> 
> Erm,
> 
> I just think it looks silly to ask people to download
some 75 Mb's (to 
> RAM!) after they have just downloaded 3 Gb worth of
DVD.
> 
> What do the others think? Wart? Chris(topher) ?

Are the Live DVDs installable to the hard disk?  If so, then
I think 
they should definitely be included.   Even if not, I think
they should 
be included.  Not everyone is going to be downloading the
3GB DVD image 
in order to get the DVD; people may be copying and/or
sharing the DVD 
with friends, giving them away at conferences, etc.

+1 for including autodownloader games.

--Wart

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